Coat of arms of Hessen-Nassau, c.1898 (colour litho)

Hesse-Nassau Province (German: Provinz Hessen-Nassau) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1868-1918, then a province of the Free State of Prussia until 1944; after 1945 it was known simply as 'Hesse'; The coat of arms is split into three parts, each part showing the coats of arms for the three entities that formed Hesse-Nassau: a crowned, silver/red-striped lion on a blue background (Electorate of Hesse); a crowned, golden lion, also on a blue background (Duchy of Nassau); a silver eagle with golden talons on a red background (Free City of Frankfurt);